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S. OSCAR PARKER, OF LITTLETON, NElV HAMPSHIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,068, dated February 5,. 1884. Application filed January 31,1883. (X model.)

To a/ZZ whom it mcty concern: Be it known that I, S. OSCAR PARKER, ,of Littleton, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves and it consists in the peculiar construc- {0 tion and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificatiomin which similar letters of reference indicate cor- I 5 responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of the palm side of a glove of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a modification of the same. Fig. 3is alongitudinal view of one of the staples. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a glove provided with a lengthened hole for the thumb. Fig. 5 is a face view of part of theblank of a glove, showing. the same provided with a lengthened thumbhole. Fig. 6 is a blank for making a thumb. A button-piece, A, is sewed to the lower end of the palm of a glove, B, and extends under the flap O, which is formed of part of the leather from which the glove is out, so that the said fiapoverlaps the button-piece when the 3o glove is buttoned or closed,-whereby the glove will be closed perfectly, and no cold air can enter, and the appearance of the glove will be materially improved. The edge of the flap G can be rounded or can be made straight, as maybe desired. Another advantage of providing the button-piece A and the flap O covering it is that there will be a double thickness of leather over the pulse, which is the most sensitive part of the wrist, thereby pro- 0 tecting the same from cold more effectually than gloves of the usual construction. The

button-piece A is provided at itsupper end with a tongue, D, which can extend up to the thumb-hole;'or it may be turned down over 4 5 the upper end of the slit in the glovethat is to say, over the upper edge of the flap G- thereby strengthening the upper end of the slit and preventing the same from being ripped, and acting asa gusset or stay. The buttonpiece can be sewed either to the inside or the outside of the glove. A button or any other suitable i'asiening is attached to the buttonpiece A, as shown, and the flap O is provided with a button-hole or eyelet, or any other analogous device for receiving the button or other fastening.

The button-piece A is an essential part of my improved glove, for if I should not sew the button-piece to the glove I would have but a single thickness of leather or other material of which the glove is made at the lower end of the palm of the glove, and in order to obtain the desired double'thickness the button-piece must be attached. As mentioned strengthens the glove and gives it a better appearance, as it prevents the palm of thehand from showing through the slit. RVire staples E are driven through the several parts'of the glove, to assist the sewing in holding the parts of the glove together. For instance, one end of a staple is driven through the tongueD, at the upper end of the button-piece A, and one end through the upper end of flap O, as shown in Fig. 1. Another is driven through the tongue D, through the upper part of the flap,

the flap is sewed. A staple can also be used for holding the thumb or other parts to the glove, and can also serve as a stay to prevent the ripping of the ends of the slit, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to assist the tongue D in preventing the ripping of the glove at the upper end of the slit. My above-describedimprovements can be attached to any gloves or mittens made of any material generally used in making gloves.

The gloves may be cut in such a manner that the edge of the flap will be straighter curved. I

If desired, the flap G can be used without the button-piece.

The thumb-hole F in the glove is cut of such a length that it extends down to the wristband G, and the thumb-piece H is so cut that it fits closely in the thumbhole- F, the lower end of the thumb being crossed by thewristband G, as shown in Fig. 4. The glove is strengthened considerably by making the thumb of such length that there is no danger glove, for the lower part of the thumb can be above, the button-piece at the same time andthrough that part of the glove to which of tearing off the thumb by pulling on the seized very conveniently in drawing the glove on. The glove pulls off and 011 very easily, as

there is no seam to rub against the knuckle of the thumb, and it fits better than an ordinary glove.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a glove having flap .O integral with its body, of a buttoniiece, A, attached to one edge of the slit and projecting under the flap, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a glove having a flap integral with its body, of the bntton-piece A,secnred to one edge of the slit, and pro vided with the tongue D, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A glove having its thumb-piece H made separate and extending to the lower part of 20 the glove, and covered by the wristband G, substantially as herein shown and described,

whereby the glove is strengthened and risk of tearing off the thumb avoided in pulling 011 the glove, as set forth. 2 5

4. The combination, with a glove having the button-piece A, provided with the tongues D, of the staples E, substantially as herein shown and described.

s. osonn PARKER.

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-D. WV. BARRETT, Tnos. S. NUnsE. 

